Tweet of the Day Podcast
Discover birds through their songs and calls. Each Tweet of the Day begins with a call or song, followed by a story of fascinating ornithology inspired by the sound.
Episodes to download
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Tara Robinson on the Cuckoo
Thu 7 Dec 2017
The cuckoo has inspired Tara Robinson to create a play about bird migration.
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Tara Robinson on the Treecreeper
Wed 6 Dec 2017
Theatre director Tara Robinson recalls seeing a treecreeper.
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Sue Perkins on the Great Horned Owl
Tue 5 Dec 2017
Comedian Sue Perkins recalls meeting a great horned owl at the Staffordshire Country Show.
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Greta Scacchi on the Goldfinch
Mon 4 Dec 2017
Actress Greta Scacchi compares the birds she knew in Australia with those in London.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Greater Flamingo
Fri 1 Dec 2017
Author Michael Morpurgo visited the Camargue and found the flamingo touches his soul.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Dipper
Thu 30 Nov 2017
Michael Morpurgo on why he would love to be able to get up closer to a dipper.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Oystercatcher
Wed 29 Nov 2017
Michael Morpurgo enjoys talking to the oystercatchers on the Isles of Scilly.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Buzzard
Tue 28 Nov 2017
Children's author Michael Morpurgo enjoys the call of buzzards when out for his daily walk
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Michael Morpurgo on the Magpie
Mon 27 Nov 2017
Children's author and poet Michael Morpurgo discusses the cackling magpie.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Gannet
Fri 24 Nov 2017
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield is enthralled by the rapid, bombing dive of a gannet out at sea.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Pigeon
Thu 23 Nov 2017
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield enjoys watching his son chasing one of our most common birds.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Black-throated Diver
Wed 22 Nov 2017
The jewel-like patterns of the black-throated diver have musician Fyfe Dangerfield in awe.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Bee-Eater
Tue 21 Nov 2017
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield imagines his dream clothes made in the colours of the bee-eater.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Guillemot
Mon 20 Nov 2017
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield tells the story of the seabird that inspired his band name.
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Dermot O'Leary on the Dunnock
Fri 17 Nov 2017
Dermot O'Leary admires the work ethic and understated beauty of the industrious dunnock.
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Dermot O'Leary on Swifts and Swallows
Thu 16 Nov 2017
Presenter Dermot O'Leary relishes soaring swifts and swallows bobbing in front of his car.
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Dermot O'Leary on the Greater Black-backed Gull
Wed 15 Nov 2017
Presenter Dermot O'Leary hails the greater black-backed gull as an 'Alsatian of the skies'
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Dermot O'Leary on the Coal Tit
Tue 14 Nov 2017
Presenter Dermot O'Leary gazes into his garden to watch busy coal tits on the bird feeders
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Dermot O'Leary on the Sea Eagle
Mon 13 Nov 2017
Dermot O'Leary searches for sea eagles, but with light fading, his chances look slim.
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Gary Moore on the Skylark
Fri 10 Nov 2017
While paying tribute at the Somme battlefields, sound recordist Gary Moore hears a skylark
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Gary Moore on the Stone Curlew
Thu 9 Nov 2017
Braving dark countryside, sound recordist Gary Moore goes in search of the stone curlew.
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Gary Moore on the Woodlark
Wed 8 Nov 2017
When sound recordist Gary Moore recorded a woodlark his work revealed some odd behaviour.
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Gary Moore on the Manx Shearwater
Tue 7 Nov 2017
How wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore became a launch pad for migrating birds on Skomer.
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Gary Moore on the Golden Pheasant
Mon 6 Nov 2017
Gary Moore describes the elation of tracking down the notoriously elusive golden pheasant.
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Paul Evans on the Barn Owl
Wed 1 Nov 2017
Writer Paul Evans has an unnerving encounter with a barn owl in this Halloween tale.
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Jeremy Deller on the Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Tue 31 Oct 2017
A Halloween special: artist Jeremy Deller encounters a Mexican free-tailed bat colony.
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Samuel West on the Turtle Dove
Fri 27 Oct 2017
Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West laments the lost call of the turtle dove.
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